@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@thanksajdotcom said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

I saw this yesterday. I can't even tell when it is supposed to have been.

I can't tell you what it is supposed to be, but I sure as hell know what it looks like lol

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

There is a serious lack of cat pics here

I can fix that...

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Site is running super hot today. What's going on today?

cat pics

You're welcome

@Dashrender said in And The Matrix begins...:

@thanksajdotcom said in And The Matrix begins...:

where you're coming from. However, in my experience, Google can have the data. I've never had a leak of any kind personally

You missed the whole point. The OP is talking about comparing the current progression to the Matrix. The Matrix controlled everything - sure people thought they had free will, but ultimately they didn't - they were jacked into a computer that controlled everything.

As Google learns more and more about us, they learn better how to manipulate us, and they'll be able to do it so subtlety that we won't even know that it's happening. Advertisers do that to us all time time.

Yeah but it's fact that the majority of the world is stupid, and I agree with @scottalanmiller that people like being manipulated and programmed. I do not claim to be immune to tactics like this, but I'm also pretty good about using them myself, and I've already had to go through a complete de-programming of my very being of everything I've learned since birth, so I've also got some resistance. However, I get what the OP is saying. That being said, we are a far cry from the world of the Matrix. And I've considered how once we have AI and robotics, how that will affect everything from civils rights to legislation in every aspect. It's going to be messy. Thankfully, we're not there yet. We've got enough to deal with right now.